Stinson pictured lying on the ground after being attacked while doing her grocery shopping at her local strip mall (Picture: WVTM)

Stinson spent around five minutes fighthing back against the thug – and said she believed he was on the verge of killing her when Good Samaritan William Daniels saw what was going on and rushed over to help.

The grandmother continued: ‘I just knew that was it for me.

‘I just thought I wasn’t going to be here no more.

‘We tussled about four or five minutes before anybody saw us.

‘He threw me to the ground and I threw my money on the seat in the car.’